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The chancellor of Maricopa County Community Colleges District announced Tuesday that she will leave her position after nearly 28 years with the district. Maria Harper-Marinick said in an email to district staff she “will be leaving no later than the first week of May 2020, the end of my contract.”

Mexico’s federal government has pushed back the completion of a major highway project that will connect the twin border cities of Nogales with an important corridor 400 miles to the south, at least the fourth time the project has been postponed.

The military and navy will take over the leadership of police in five towns, including Hermosillo, the capital of Arizona’s neighboring state of Sonora, and the port of Guaymas, Defense Secretary Luis Sandoval said in a news conference on Monday.

“Every day they surprise you,” Field Elementary teacher Gina Ucci said. “They drive you crazy sometimes, but they also just make you laugh. You see the little light come on... And so it just motivates me to keep going.” She’s missed just a single day of work, for her grandfather’s funeral, and this year will mark 30 years of perfect attendance since then.

By 2025, the number of people living with Alzheimer’s disease in Arizona is expected to grow by 43%, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. And at least one health organization is already seeing an increase in older patients coming in with memory concerns.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded $75 million to combat youth homelessness on Aug. 29. The $75 million is earmarked for people under age 25 who experience homelessness. The grant is $32 million more than the amount given last year, and Tucson will receive a little over $4.5 million.

“We really are a partner with our community in raising students,” Liewer said. “Our primary focus is always going to be to insure they have a good education, but overall we want them to be healthy and happy adults when they leave our schools.”

The Mexican president delivered his first State of the Union speech on Sunday not at the Congress, but in a ceremony among state secretaries, businessmen and governors from his party. Migration and the U.S. were among the key topics.

The Phoenix area has the highest number of cases anywhere in the country right now with 136 confirmed cases, said Dr. Rebecca Sunenshine, medical director of disease control at the Maricopa County Department of Public Health.

A monsoon storm brings us an entire soundscape in a flash, from the wind to the rain, to the clap of lightning and rumble of thunder, to the hum of cicadas when the rains end. But monsoon storms can cross paths with a different kind of sound.

Strong men. Caring women. Could those descriptors be switched around — caring men, strong women? Of course they could, but a study from the Pew Research Center shows that the words we associate with men and women may not be as fluid as we think.

Imagine you’re hiking in the Grand Canyon and you stumble upon a slab of fallen rock. On it are some odd indentations like overly-baked footprints. That’s exactly what happened to a group of hikers on the Bright Angel Trail.

Most people don’t have jobs where they’re able to challenge the status quo or do things that don’t fit neatly into a corporate package. Often the emotional response can range from throwing up your hands and looking for another place to work or even, finally, follow your dream.

Bertie Gregory has always enjoyed taking photos of wildlife. He was selected as one of the United Kingdom’s top wildlife photographers under 20, and has been named a National Geographic Young Explorer.